The inmate\u00a0has sought sex reassignment surgery, including an orchiectomy and vaginoplasty, arguing it is the \u201conly remedy\u201d to treat \u201cpersistent gender dysphoria\u201d.<\/p>\n
The state of Indiana prohibits its prison service from funding gender reassignment surgeries for its inmates.<\/p>\n
But the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued the Indiana Department of Corrections on Cordellion\u00e8\u2019s behalf, arguing the state law violated the Eighth Amendment\u2019s prohibition of \u201ccruel and unusual punishment\u201d.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit, first brought in 2023, said Cordellion\u00e8 has identified as a woman since the age of six but was only diagnosed with gender dysphoria in 2020 and has been prescribed female hormones and testosterone blockers.<\/p>\n
Cordellion\u00e8 has \u201cconsistently taken\u201d the hormone medications ever since and has been receiving other accommodations behind bars in an all-male facility, including women\u2019s \u201cpanties, make-up, and form-fitting clothing\u201d, the lawsuit said.<\/p>\n
Court filings revealed Cordellion\u00e8 has a history of self-harm, including an attempted castration.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
We’re almost back on the same page – I could get behind that idea, and while I have a fetish about keeping my knives clean and sharp, I know people who have rusty dull ones which could be borrowed. We can get this handled, right?<\/p>\n
But note the timing – he commits the crime in 2001, but suddenly in 2020 discovers dysphoria since childhood….how convenient.<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n\nThe ACLU argued the next step of receiving sex reassignment surgery, or gender-affirming surgery, was \u201ca medical necessity\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe believes that the only remedy for her persistent gender dysphoria, and the serious harm it causes her, is to receive gender-affirming surgery, specifically an orchiectomy and vaginoplasty,\u201d it said in court filings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n\n\n\nAh, so the dysphoria is at the root of his murder? Didn’t Flip Wilson wear out “The Devil made me do that!” 50 years ago?<\/p>\n
A federal judge in Indiana has now agreed that denying the surgery would be unconstitutional.<\/p>\n
\u201cSpecifically, Ms Cordellione has shown that her gender dysphoria is a serious medical need, and that, despite other treatments \u2026 provided her to treat her gender dysphoria, she requires gender-affirming surgery to prevent a risk of serious bodily and psychological harm,\u201d Judge Richard Young said in his ruling.<\/p>\n
He ordered Indiana\u2019s Department of Corrections to take \u201call reasonable actions\u201d to ensure the\u00a0killer receives the sex reassignment surgery.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yep, boys and girls (and you confused folks too) YOU get to pay for it. Taxpayer funded, baby! It is worth noting that the Indiana AG (Todd Rokita, R) disagrees with the decision and says Indiana will appeal.<\/p>\n
I know it’s a shock, but Young is a Clinton appointee. “Let’s keep him from cutting his d*ck off by cutting his d*ck off!”<\/p>\n
Now, just in case you didn’t think it could get any better:<\/p>\n
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